White Noise
Auteur : Don Delillo
Éditeur : Penguin Random House
Date de parution : décembre 2009
ISBN : 9780143105985
Livre pour le cours :
- ANGL 2293 Science in Literature (automne 2024) Professeur : Darryl Whetter
Résumé :
White Noise tells the story of Jack Gladney, his fourth wife, Babette, and four ultramodern offspring as they navigate the rocky passages of family life to the background babble of brand-name consumerism. When an industrial accident unleashes an "airborne toxic event," a lethal black chemical cloud floats over their lives. The menacing cloud is a more urgent and visible version of the "white noise" engulfing the Gladneys-radio transmissions, sirens, microwaves, ultrasonic appliances, and TV murmurings-pulsing with life, yet suggesting something ominous.